Farmers' protest: Facebook , Instagram pages of Kisan Ekta Morcha blocked, resume after 3 hrs
Dec 21, 2020, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS:The Facebook and Instagram pages of farmers agitating against the farm laws were blocked on Sunday for nearly three hours after a live broadcast giving rise to fresh debate on online censorship.
Amazon to skip parliament committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019; says experts overseas
Oct 23, 2020, at 10:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amazon has declined to appear before a parliament committee examining the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, saying its "subject matter experts are overseas" and cannot come to India owing to travel risks, causing "breach of privilege of parliament", said an NDTV report.
No coercive action against Facebook: Delhi assembly committee tells SC
Sep 23, 2020, at 11:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi assembly's peace and harmony committee on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has no intention of taking a coercive action against Facebook's top executive in India as the social media giant is rattled by accusations of being biased towards hate speeches during the riots in the national capital earlier this year.
Hate speech row: Delhi assembly committee to give final warning to Facebook for skipping hearing
Sep 16, 2020, at 02:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi assembly committee will give its final warning to Facebook which has skipped the hearing over the controversy related to the hate speeches that had dominated the social networking site during the riots in the national capital in February 2020.
Top Facebook official summoned by Delhi Assembly's panel over allegations of inaction on hate speech
Sep 13, 2020, at 12:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A top Facebook official has been asked to appear before a Delhi Assembly panel on ‘Peace and Harmony’, headed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Raghav Chadha in connection with the allegations against the social media giant over its “deliberate inaction on the part of social media platform to apply hate speech rules".
India slams Pakistan for propagating fake news through social media
Sep 04, 2020, at 02:54 am
New Delhi: India recently slammed Pakistan for propagating fake news through popular social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
Not on Facebook, no question of banning: BJP leader after Facebook takes step over 'hate speech'
Sep 03, 2020, at 11:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader T Raja Singh, who has been banned by Facebook for his speech for allegedly promoting hatred and violence, said he was not on the social networking site for years.
Sep 03, 2020, at 10:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Thursday said that the Facebook international has acknowledged and responded to concerns expressed by it on interference in India’s affairs and promised corrective measures.
Facebook bans BJP leader for 'promoting hate and violence'
Sep 03, 2020, at 06:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the heated political slugfest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress over the online "hate speech" row, Facebook has banned a ruling saffron outfit leader for "promoting hate and violence" on the social media platform, media reports said.
BJP tops Facebook's political ad spending list, Congress follows ruling dispensation
Aug 27, 2020, at 07:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the controversy over Facebook's alleged biases towards hate speeches given by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, a new data has claimed India's ruling outfit led the list of spending on political advertisements on the social networking site over the last 18 months, media reports said.
We are open, transparent and non-partisan, says Facebook after row over content policy
Aug 22, 2020, at 04:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After being accused of its biased content policy and a row over hate speech, social media giant Facebook in a blog post on Friday stated that its platform is 'an open, transparent and non-partisan' one where 'people can express themselves freely.'
Facebook reps summoned by Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel on Sept 2
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Facebook representatives have been summoned to meet the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, after the social media giant has been caught up in a controversy over its contents' policy regarding some posts shared by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
Facebook row: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moves privilege motion against Shashi Tharoor, Rahul Gandhi
Aug 20, 2020, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over social media giant Facebook's content policies reached a new height on Wednesday with breach of privilege notice moved against each other by leaders of both parties.
Aug 19, 2020, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Attacking the Narendra Modi government on the rising unemployment in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the truth about economic destruction and unemployment cannot be hidden by propagating fake news and spreading hate on Facebook.
Congress demands thorough, impartial probe in Facebook India operations
Aug 18, 2020, at 11:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Tuesday asked Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to institute a thorough and impartial investigation into the Facebook India operations.
Aug 18, 2020, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Two opposition party MPs on Tuesday engaged themselves into a heated war of words with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey over the talks to summon social networking site Facebook for allegedly ignoring hate speeches posted by the ruling saffron outfit.
Delhi Assembly panel to summon Facebook official over hate speech issue
Aug 18, 2020, at 04:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A panel of Delhi Assembly on Monday said it would issue summon to Facebook officials, especially senior executive Ankhi Das, over the company's alleged stance regarding hate speeches posted by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
Supreme Court asks Centre if it is making guidelines for linking Aadhaar with FB, WhatsApp
Sep 13, 2019, at 05:22 pm
New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre whether they were formulating any guidelines for linking Aadhaar with social media platforms--facebook and WhatsApp.
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook experience glitches globally
Jul 04, 2019, at 12:06 am
New Delhi, Jul 3 (IBNS): Causing trouble to scores of netizens, social networking apps WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook's services are experiencing technical glitches on Wednesday.
After swearing-in, PM Modi changes social media profile picture and cover photo
May 31, 2019, at 01:00 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): After taking oath as the Prime Minister for the second term, Narendra Modi has changed the profile picture and cover photo of his own Twitter handle and Facebook profile.
WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram down for several users across the globe
Apr 14, 2019, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi, Apr 14 (IBNS): Several netizens on Sunday said they were facing issues with WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
Fake news does the rounds on Facebook, confusing voters?
Apr 09, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Gangtok, Apr 9 (UNI) Fake news, seen on Facebook is leading to confusion among voters.
Apr 01, 2019, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS): The Congress party on Monday said no official pages of the party has been taken down by Facebook, just hours after the social media giant announced that 687 pages linked to the grand old political outfit of the nation has been removed because of "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" on the social media platform.
Facebook removes 687 pages linked to Congress before Lok Sabha polls
Apr 01, 2019, at 03:37 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): As the country is gearing up for the first phase of voting which will be held on Apr 11, Facebook on Monday said it has removed 687 pages and accounts linked to the Congress party due to "coordinated inauthentic behaviour or spam" on the social media platform.
Jammu Press Club, Google hold workshop on social media, fake news
Mar 09, 2019, at 01:15 pm
Jammu, Mar 9 (UNI) In a bid to create awareness among tech-savvy people, the Press Club of Jammu in collaboration with Google on Saturday organised a daylong workshop here.
Facebook top brass deposes before Parliament panel, says 'sorry' for remarks on Pulwama attack
Mar 06, 2019, at 08:25 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6 (UNI): Confronted with tough questions on the issue of propriety and use of abusing language often related to terror and India's national security, top Facebook executive tendered apology to a Parliamentary panel even as some committee members insisted that the social network giant should give firm and clear responses in writing.
Government increases requests for information, user accounts of Facebook
Nov 17, 2018, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IBNS): The government has increased its requests for "information" and "user accounts" of Facebook, media reports said.
BrahMos engineer arrest: 13 Facebook accounts allegedly operated by ISI under scanner
Nov 17, 2018, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IBNS): 13 Pakistan-based Facebook accounts, which have over 1000 friends from India, are currently under the scanner of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UPATS), media reports said.
50 million users' account affected by security breach: Facebook
Sep 29, 2018, at 12:00 am
Mumbai, Sept 28 (IBNS): In an unsettling revelation, Facebook on Friday announced that about 50 million of its users' accounts have faced security breach.
Facebook had knowledge about data misuse, other cases possible: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
Apr 07, 2018, at 07:16 pm
Sacramento, Apr 7 (IBNS): Two years prior to the Cambridge Analytica saga came to light, Facebook knew about it, said the company's COO Sheryl Sandberg.